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Trend Report: A Brand New Take On The LBD, Straight From NY Fashion Week

It's recession-proof. It's guy-approved. It knows no sense of time. It's as loyal as a labrador and as faithful as a kindergarten BFF. It's your Little Black Dress, and it's getting a super sexy makeover right here at New York Fashion Week. Check out five brand new versions of the wardrobe staple, after the jump.

If the times are a-changing, then the LBD is a-changing with them. Designers looked towards the future with seriously severe shapes, sleek cut-outs, and body-hugging silhouettes that brought these black dresses a very next-century feel.

Herve Leger's version is all about the bod--and an array of silver studs that gave the whole look a sparkly edge.

This is how the Alexander Wang girl--edgy, fierce, too sexy to even know what "carpool" means--gets dressed up.

At Rag & Bone, skin was in with exposed shoulders and sort of homage to the original Herve Leger bandage dress.

Jonathan Saunders designed what may have looked, from the chest down, like an average LBD, but his addition of a futuristic capelet and red sleeves gave it a serious edge.

Preen also went for sleek cut outs and an embellished sheen, keeping things close to the curves--and short and sweet.

What do you guys think of this new incarnation of the LBD? Is the wave of the future looking as sleek and bold to you as it is to me? Would you wear these? Which one is your favorite?